Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Collectors' Sale, 100125, Kilkenny

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 01, 2025 - October 02, 2025
Page Size: 1222 items in 49 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
326 Bradbury (Ray)

The Silver Locusts

Lond. 1951 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 287.50
327 Burgess (Anthony)

A Clockwork Orange

London 1962 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 937.50
328 Joyce (James)

Ulysses

London 1937 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 525.00
329 Somerville (Wm.)

Thompson (Hugh) Illustrator. The Chase

Lond. 1896 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
330 Brown (Christy)

A Shadow of Summer

London 1974 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 87.50
331 Young (Arthur)

A Tour in Ireland

Dublin 1780 EUR 130.00 - 180.00 EUR 187.50
332 Colum (Padraic)

The Road Round Ireland

N. York 1926 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 100.00
333 Longley (Michael)

Signed Limited Editions Patchwork

1981 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 400.00
334 Praeger (S. Rosamond)

Irish Juvenile: Further Doings of the Three Bold Babes

Lond. N.Y. & Bombay 1899 EUR 220.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
335 Praeger (S. Rosamond)

Irish Juvenile: The Olde Irishe Rimes of Brian O'Linn

Lond. 1901 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
336 Praeger (S. Rosamond)

Irish Juvenile: Old Fashioned Verses and Sketches

Dundalk 1947 EUR 175.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
337 Hale (Wm. Matthew)

Genealogy: The Family of Hale-Facts Relating thereto

Bristol 1936 EUR 90.00 - 1,401.00 Not Sold
338 Montague (J.)

Signed Limited Editions Collected Poems

1995 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
339 Muldoon (P.)

Immram

1980 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 287.50
340 Bryant (Sophia)

A Pristine Copy Liberty Order & Law Under Native Irish Rule, A Study in the Book of the Ancient Laws of Ireland

Lond. 1923 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 125.00
341 Gerard (Francis)

Picturesque Dublin Old and New

Lond. 1898 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 137.50
342 Mahon (Derek)

Signed Limited Editions Rising Late

2017 EUR 250.00 - 320.00 EUR 262.50
343 Boyer (Abel)

From the Library at Carton House The Royal Dictionary, in Two Parts

London 1699 EUR 180.00 - 250.00 EUR 500.00
344 Cluverus (Philippi)

Maps: Introductio in Universam Geographiam Tam veterem quam novam... Tabulis Geographicis XLII ac Notis olim ornata A Johanne Bunone, ... Joh. Frid Hekelii & Joh. Reiskii

London 1711 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 825.00
345 Mac Ewan (M.)

Irish Hunting etc: The Ryan Family and the Scarteen Hounds

1989 EUR 80.00 - 130.00 EUR 100.00
346 Heaney (Seamus) & Hughes (T.)

The School Bag

London 1997 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 450.00
347 Heaney (Seamus)

Pre-Occupations, Selected Prose 1968-1978

London 1980 EUR 350.00 - 420.00 EUR 600.00
348 Smith (Adam)

Economic Interest: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Edinburgh 1817 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
349 [Gamble (D.)]

Genealogy: Pedigree of The Gambles of Fermanagh 1899

EUR 140.00 - 200.00 EUR 212.50
350 Cusack (M.F.)

A History of the Kingdom of Kerry

Lond. 1871 EUR 180.00 - 260.00 EUR 225.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.